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Word: Vagotomy
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
veɪˈɡɒtəmi
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a surgical operation in which one or more branches of the vagus nerve are cut, typically to reduce the rate of gastric secretion (e.g. in treating peptic ulcers)
Short Definition:surgical operation in which one or more branches of vagus nerve are cut
Examples:- some of these patients had had vagotomy in the past
- a vagotomy was completed
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